Hans Smolders is the LST party leader for the fifth and final time: 'I want to do it one more time'

In an episode of Stadsforum last February, Smolders was still open about his doubts. "I'm still thinking about whether I'll run for election next year," he said at the time. Two years earlier, he had temporarily withdrawn from the municipal council due to health problems. The period of recovery, after four major lung operations, made him think. "You look at life differently when you've looked death in the eye. I've become a grandfather in the me…